K Chapter 8

Question 1

river both countries, France and England, had claimed between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River

Answer 1

Ohio River

Question 2

war the French and Indians fought, in America, between 1754 to 1763

Answer 2

French and Indian War

Question 3

held in Europe, this war lasted from 1756 to 1763

Answer 3

Seven Years’ War

Question 4

in 1753 Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia, determined defend England’s claim to the Ohio Country, dicidd to send a messenger to the French officer at distant_______________ and ask the French to leave

Answer 4

Fort le Boeuf

Question 5

a twenty-one-year-old Virginian with a reputation for being both brave and wise

Answer 5

George Washington

Question 6

commander of all British forces in the North American colonies

Answer 6

General Edward Braddock

Question 7

a French frontier stronghold

Answer 7

Fort Duquesne

Question 8

with the help of George Washington and the Virginia militia the English drove the French completely out of the ____________________

Answer 8

Ohio Valley

Question 9

controlled most of what is now Canada

Answer 9

French

Question 10

war continued after the capture of _________

Answer 10

Quebec

Question 11

lost their advantage

Answer 11

French

Question 12

before the French and Indian War was over Britain had a new king____________________

Answer 12

King George III

Question 13

required that newspapers, almanacs, marriage certificates, and other documents purchased by the colonists have special stamps or seals affixed to them proving that the purchasers had paid a special tax for the documents

Answer 13

Stamp Act

Question 14

money that people pay to their government for use in helping to run the government

Answer 14

Tax

Question 15

in 1766 the British government felt forced to drop the _________________

Answer 15

Stamp Act

Question 16

Those who wanted America to be free from Britain’s heavy control

Answer 16

Patriots

Question 17

When the people of Boston grew restless over the new taxes, England sent soldiers to keep the peace and force the colonist to obey. On a cold, snowy evening in March 1770, a small mob of ruffians began throwing snowballs at a British soldier. Some of the mob began throwing stones as well. British soldiers came running to stop the fight. Suddenly, an unknown person shouted the order to fire. In the confusion, the soldiers fired their guns, and five colonists were keeled. Crispus Attucks, a black merchant seaman, was the first to fall and die in the American colonies’ struggle for freedom. The people of Boston angrily called this incident the _____________________

Answer 17

“Boston Massacre”

Question 18

Britain kept a small tax on ___

Answer 18

tea

Question 19

After three years passed and many colonists still refused to buy tea from England, the British government decided to entice the to buy tea by making it available at a lower price. Three ships loaded with bargain-priced tea sailed into Boston Harbor. On a chilly December night in 1773, about 50 colonists dressed like Mohawk Indians boarded the ships, smashed open over 300 chests of tea with their toma hawks, and dumped the tea into the water. Then they quietly went back to their homes. This event became known as the ______________________________________

Answer 19

Boston Tea Party

Question 20

to discipline the colonies, England closed the _____________________________

Answer 20

Boston Harbor

Question 21

law that extended the boundaries of Quebec as far west as the Mississippi River and as far south as the Ohio River

Answer 21

Quebec Act

Question 22

meeting Englishmen held to request their rights be respected

Answer 22

First Continental Congress

Question 23

said they could be ready to fight at minute’s notice

Answer 23

Minutemen

Question 24

a black minuteman who interrupted his studies for the ministry to join the militia

Answer 24

Lemuel Haynes

Question 25

young Virginian who gave a stirring speech to the House of Burgesses. In his argument for fighting for independence, he cried: Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, GIVE ME LIBERTY, OR GIVE ME DEATH!

Answer 25

Patrick Henry

Question 26

Hoping to capture the patriot leaders and the supply of guns and ammunition, they made plans to march to Lexington and Concord.

Answer 26

The British

Question 27

Boston patriots discovered Britain's plans and warned their fellow patriots across the Charles River, near Lexington and Concord, by flashing two lanterns in the belfry of the Old North Church. _________________ and _______________did this.

Answer 27

Paul Revere and William Dawes

Question 28

No one knows who fired the first shot, but it started the _____________________________

Answer 28

American War for Independence

Question 29

After that first able in ____________________ the British marched to __________________.

Answer 29

Lexington and Concord